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wilmington gazette published wf.kkly ky a ball vs ii clark tuesday match 8.7 isot fuhie ooi.ls fwrjuix toi rm no 3t7 our troops on the coast of sussex and kent are particularly on the alert we men tioned yesterday that sudden orders had been received at hailsham hhts and at lewes in consequence ot which the troops liud marched to the comt in the middle of the night on tuesday orders arrived at bright on forthe ith drag ons to be ready to march by nine o'clock m the morning the troops accordingly marched to silver riil orl even sey v â– have not yet heard it was rumour ed at brighton that the cpnse ofthe sudden march w.is :> r t ai ill connected with any movements made by the enemy our dover correspondent states that the wind yesterday was moderate and perfectly favourable fur the enemy to pul lo m it wh'u !> ii w:;.i expected they would immediately ii they mean to it at all it is obvious thai buonaparte iiil endeavour as much as pos sible to make the attempt a consentaneous one from the dutch and freni h ports from holland and from brest the temporary release of a latter port from a state of block ade has offorded him an opportunity of ben ding the rreat fleet to sea and a report thai il had sailed was current last nig t u have not however been able to trace it to uiy authentic source frost which would necessarily have locked ihem up for an intermediate time ; in which case thai part of the very extensive prepara tions could not have been used " cilhcr to terrify or act against the enemy indeed adds the sjmu article repoi i males that ihe expedition it postponed till the spring but tlicse report in hollund of the expe dition's having been abandoned till the spring may be circulated lor the puspose of mislea ding 4ml throwing us offowr gpuard the enemy may accompany these rumours with demonstrations and movements calculated to rive them greater currency und credit they may order theboatsto move higher up the dutch rivers they n ay direct the : '"" ; '-â– ' "'â– 'â€¢''' '' ' 'â– â– 'â– ' ' : coast ai d persons â– i 1:1 .< ilivw operations mighi conclude ' : ' ' :: "' ; " diat atti mptcould be intended on the other hand cjovernment we under stand are of opinion tl tho expedition is 'â€¢'" "' pencl il liil the spring it was re porteulasi night how tru > we are at present unable to stall . that ekiona arte left paris on tlie - '' :; lt 'â– â€¢- â– it calai on the 3d aivl iai after rumaining there a few hours hi pro ceeded to ostend ai i brur s other let tersloo fn :,. rotterdam instead of favour inr ' l -' i ' â– ' thai the expedition us been suspended mention ii as the gem ral .-.; i â€¢.-- l ' ll " il â– ' â– 'â€¢""â€¢ i'dam on the 31st ult that the invasion would tak place in a few days buonaparte's arrival upon the french coast is an evenl not calculated to strengthen tlie report lliat the expedition has been put januaty \ 1 v received this morning ai i late hour the iyiouiii in w i lie 1st instant the fol lowing is tin intelligence < ontained in them : " 1 ion iparte left paris on the 30th ult at si a m i â– '!"'â– â€¢ ii v this da yjl 12 o'clock 3 peroeivt coi â– i f 3-8 â€” acc uni 56 1 3 !'â– â– ;â– c nt r jiluced 5 5 1-2 .( mnium 42 two hamburgh mails ttrrived this morn k â€” ll !â– "â€¢ rs and pup rs were delivered â– ul ' â– i te hour i lie follovii g is th â– most ma rial ..... iligence broughi by thtnv constant . ; .'., dec 3 '> ; gi â€¢. ter part of the inhal itanta of o htaniinoplc and its suburbs hhve for some day ].. t been in a situation ofthe greatebt a rm and terror the approach of two dis contented pachas at the bead of a gpj ii bi dy of reb is and the dan â– < ous c p u â– '. i - e cajiwd on between the malcontents in the â€¢ '. iital and the insurgents has occasioned reatci nfusion what passed in the seragl io ti not distinctly known for the policy o the porte cautiously avoids making public its llungers am feara ; but il re wi > an ex traordinary activity among tht ministry nnd the measures adopted by iil sdlt;i!i in the council \\\ ich were cry frequent i.n:i very long ha'l the best effect the rebels on the approach of ihe janis saries were obliged to retreal ; and the male contents within the city concealed them si ivei in their houses many persons how (.' 1 1 believe tliat the retreat of tin rebels has only been procured/by money which hns beer paid them und that the will probably soon return be this as it may tranquillity is now in a great measure restored the adautent from quebec for london hoi hen deserted at sea five of the crew sailed in the ge,orge . from new-york am armed at the i&leof mull january 13 a heavy firing was heard at 1ji\iii>ti tuesday wednesday and yesterday ir the direction f boulogne t he boatmi n upi n 1 i ier hills on wednesday stated that they could plainly discern one of on frigates which having stood cuih rntpbnulegdcbay wus becalmed â€” the enemy iii c:!i<ii h com menced a heavy firing from the shore and upwards of thirty vessel of different de senptions chine m:i of the harbour and sur rounded the frigate when after a smart fi ring on both sidtc i breeze suddenly sprung viji whi ii i tiatjli (! the frigate w gel out-side ' i hem ; vhc ihcii ki ; â€¢ up uch a fin upon them i!iut hey wcii glad to retreat into tl hnibour yesterday morning a heavj end continued cannonade was beard from clay ill u iill m on i lit w atl er v;is sd ll thai nothing Â» <- 1 id be men from dover u probably â– ,< ii <â– of thi 'â– ;.' )>â€¢â– â– 'â– boat â– put o sea sik 1 were muil.ld 1 ourcrui hers dispatches have been sent within these few days to admiral thombrough who is < i uising in the ruby ol " i : i â– . < b ll . '' ' â€¢ el i i ey sre tuppi sed to contain inlel ligeirci relative to the movements of the ene my ( n the < oasl ol j lollatid â€¢ â– 1 1 the brii â– heard n wednesd y i l ui â€¢ â– ii in ll < quarti r ol / ulo i e pro ci <'â– â– ' j i in tl i 1 â– :< . h c "<â€¢ ri open ii â– upi ii on.e ol i ur sel Â» i>i h ii 1 tood very < lose in dut-ii ll nighi foi eof i i i < < | * n i ' i . i i m si .' 1 ' ' ' | â– â€¢ â– ' i â– 'â– â– < ( . bid i hich w ' ii : - â– ' aimed in the morning notv i landing a ' onti | hi \ . ire oui â– â€¢.! ; . â– . luin d n othi r dan . x 1 w thet tbrou ph l a t e s t fo reiu n n e w a germany leipsiey dec 20 the necessary magazines for i russian troops that are assembling on the frontiers of poland me now preparing the emperor of russia has made repre rci.t lions to the french government for tho evacuation of the hanoverian states and at tlie same time insisted that the king of sur dinia should at last receive an indemnifies tion for what he has lost at least to the a mount of a third of his former states and | that this indemnity should hi given upon the i continent of italy the gourt of vienna on : the application of that of petersburg ap â– , i to ik.m nupporttc these demands ; buonaparte on the other hand is said o â€¢ have decidedly declared that he could not j c insent to ( ht evacuation of the hanoverian ' states till the restoration ofpÂ»ace and that the indsrnnifications of the king of sardinia even if it were agreed to could noi be carried into effect before pence with england vienna dect i 7 according to some accounts disturbances have broke out at constantinople turkey constantinople nov 14 the captain pacha has received order from the grand seignor to return here and is now Â« ith three ships of the line in tiie dar danelles the remainder of his beet re mains oft the morea under the turkish vice i admiral the town of alexandria in egypt is radu ccd to the greatest straits bv the beys by whom it is besieged according to some ac counts mi pacha the turkish commander has confined himself to the defence of the citadel and has given up the town to the mamelukes s p-ai n r . from tht x escurial dec ". nothing farther is yet known of the con tents of our convi ntion oi neutrality lately concluded with france here as well as throughout the rest of europe the attention of all is directed to the expedition which he french are preparing against eng ind the latter hesitates to declare herself meanwhile the preparatto s in alt our na val departments are pursued with vigor ad miral gravinais now at court at tin 1 i'.-cun il with afawr exceptiow all naval officers have received orders to join their respei tive stations the reports at paris of a change ofthe ministry here are without founda tion f r a x c e paris dec 16 j count markoffleftthiscuprtolon the l-tth inst on his return to peu'r.iburgh during the absence of the kirst consul ] who intends to inspect the present state of the warlike preparations carried on with | increased vigor on the const his brother-in > law general mural is to have the command in chiefoftlie troopi quart red in paris al bourdeaitx all the english ho nre prjsoner of war on t hair parole are bound every sunday to mulce their appearance be fore geiienrf avril to prove their presence in that town in default of which they ore arrested and conducted from brigade to bri !â€¢ ide to verdun the expedition against england it is said will be carried into effect in the month of january fhe first consul is still here but part ofhis etjuipajje has already been sent to | the coast within these few days a courier has been dispatched for petersburg with the answer j : i ministerial note of great importance to j ell appearance the evacuation of the north of germany and naples.il not yet to take place general rey has left switzerland tor the camp ofcompaigne citizen rotitrhierca j has been provisionally french charge d'af faires beveral nunneries are about to he emal lish . 1 in paris in a isste bitting ofthe ('< nn ij dt state the first consul professed sentiments very favourable to the liberty of the press newspapers and pamphlets are alone to re main subjected to the necessary censure e n (. l \ n 1 i oud n januat y s the rignal flying at deal on l uesday eve ning wan in consequence of 30 ofthe ene n i s gun boats having come out of call â– < ur r.i uizers immediately sailed and a he - â– iringwa heard yesterday morning till ten p m it then ceased soon afterwards a i nu>re distant fvring was heard no p n lars hove yet been received but wi suppost that the firing proci eded fi m in ai â€¢ ' d i v our criiizers upon their gun i out i n tl i^s.r â€¢ from c'alai 1 1 i boi !.â– â– â€¢-. i 1 tain ti it v rj i oni â– 'â€¢ nt exp nations ap i rla!ned along i ni win le line ci t of an immediate attempt being made by the enemy that ha jn i set in : "â– ' we hould think impi i ..... opera ' lion in t!,e dutch riv r price rj â– ',..: is this day at 2 o'clock cons 94 3-4 ex.div red ann 55 3 b omnium 4 3-4 dutch journals to the tltii have reached town which contain paris news to the 6th instant the chief consult it seems rea b boulogne on the 3 1st in the afternoon so hat he must have travelled post from paris ( n the following day he inspected liis naval preparations and on the 2<uva in review the toops he was afterwards is was expi cttd to take the route of dunkirk llrugta and ostend troops are stated in articles from client lisle nncl dunkirk tobe still joining the an y oi'enghnd and the arsun.ils ; nil ,'Â»!. gazines at lisle have been ni arly i n ; ' ; ed ay the immense consumption i i 1 r.r mj n the coast ll the accounts lalelj rc ceived from holland stem tq concur in stating that the attempt will certainly ij made in the course of the present month the italian troops are on tl iv march to the northern coast as is also said lobe the army under general angereuu tl i was as sembled at bayonne huonap rte ha ving gained the objectfor which thai ar my was assembled viz drawing iar â– â– pliei from spain and portugal under th pretcxtof n purchase for their neutrality will now employ that arrnv in adding to the force to be employed against us ii these accounts from holland art to be credited buonaparte seem very seriou ly to meditate aspeedy i jaay of his favourite ; ro ject of invasion we know that all the mili tary men about him speak with enthusiasm on the subject â€” an enthusiasm kindled y himself but tbe naval men in his service have very different tcelmgson the subject they sec nothing but destruction before them the moment they issue from their |", us the moie sober and experienced judgments however we have n > right to suppose that i lonaparte will regard ; and it is only probably by the total defeat of his scheme that he will be convinced of its col ly and absurdity his present visit to the const we should s\ippnse must be decisive of ihe execution of his plan it it 13 1101 speedily -.â– ; 1 id we s!i ii ! gi 1 | i think that he va \ sis in his j|n ion respi cling it a dutch admiral vehuel has hoisted ' ' * 1 ' r â– '' 'â– ' shin â€¢;. he is destined t com in nd we suppose met division ofthe ar mam nt admiral letouchc trevjllc is said to in gone on a secret mission i<j bresf dwyi it l,n".vn as a tlisiingu^lied â– â– â– f among tbe irish insurgents .â– â– ''â€¢â€¢.â€¢ con ecrling himself fora long ttme among t!.<j mountains nurrendered hrmself uncondition ly to capiain hume of vvicklow countj from tin iriiv exertions of gei â– ral bereti ford and the ) irge rewards offered by go vernment it is supposed that he could not much longer have escaped ilia pursuers â€” his principal lieutenant named burke is sui<l to be also apprehended from motives t humanity government offered dwyer the rebel a passage fri-i 1 i expence for himself and followers in sidt s a handsome sum to remove to america whi h he refused and ic is now t be transported to bottany bay tbe king of spain was seized with a fit of ppoplexy on the pth of decembe-rj and continued in a dangerous way c 0 m m e 11 c i a l ktw-obleans jav 9 by wm c'.c claiborne governor of the m-issi tippi territory exerri sing the powers if goverr.or-ceneral and in tendant of t he prm iiu e oj louu iana for thi better arrangements uf the shipping and the security thereof in the port of tfevi'qr leans it is ordained and directed that the fcifoaing regulations nfativt thtr-clo be strictly observed end enforced article 1 all vessels within twenty-four hours after their arrival shall have their yards top'd and jib-boom in with the iprit sail yard fure and aft ii ml vessels lying in the outside tier at the levee shall hare at least cue targe c-.u < 101 in the stream iii all vessels shall discharge their ba lace at such place or places as the collector ot the customs for the time being shall from time to time appoint iv vessels having cargoes to discharge shall have a pi â€¢â– fereni e at u stalion kc to those that may be loading v vessels lying by or in ordinary shall not be suffered to be at the levee between the gates of the city unless in the opinion of ihe harbour-muster no inconvenience may i c -. u 1 1 therefrom vi vessels lying al the levee between the gati s i,i the â– ity and having no < r u on board may he removed by the harbour-mas ler al tiie expence of the owner or con â€¢ jnee vii anj master or other person com ; . â– â– ' â– i w ho si : ii w lired by the harb â– i â€¢ oelky to remoyethe same shall be hn d for i ui h â– in t m ol bft < i liars in the i "' ..â– â€¢â– â€¢â– r i1 y in the execut u ol ucfi ord rs i wards al tl i rate oftwi ntj â€¢ five dollars per day and be moreover ha january 9 saturday's gnzette c6n tains hii order in council prohibiting for six months from the nth inst the exportation of naval and military stores buonaparte,'ilis said has impressed into the service of france 4qo0 g noi if si ainen who are now on their way to dunkirk and ostend the great st activity prevails at plymouth tog i the shipbof war there ready to join admiral cornwallis the foudroyanl and kiais v.e'.'e ready to s;:il i t l nduy night hut the win w is unfair an lÂ«>ii saturday it wab a dead culm ti â– uvard-bound i indiu convoy tvere spoken last 1 liursday oil lll i l â– jlie an article under the head of dia^r de cember 20 gives th followii description of a trench | m-boai sunk in their pier i 'â€¢ is lugger r â– ;â– i 68 t long la feet i in ches wide i'.ml ! feet 8 inches t!<;ep very slight built her tinil er onlj i â– incl es square plank one inch and quarter thick has one short brass gun nbufl â€¢> 32 pounder another it is presumed in the bow a long 18 poun der she had â– iso a quantity of french mus ket a human skull wns found on hoard which it ii said they all havi , intended to be hoisted on a pike as a standard oi death or victory frequenl conferences su stated to ikivc taken pi u i : iri â€¢ between the french mi ni im of foreign affairs and the austrian and prussian ambassadors relative fo a difl'er ence between ut>tria and bavaria an austrian army pf60,00d men is mentioned to have marched towards the ttavarian fron tiers the prevailing opinion on the conti nent was.thcii ifthemisuni erstandingbhoi id lead loan actual rupture between austria and bavaria the former will be aided by rus sia and the latter by france pro ably also by prussia it was further understood that the obvious inclination of bis i us ian majesty to adopt this line of conduct had pi o m eel ome serious remonstrances on the part ol the cni peror alexander i he accounts relative to spain continue to be contradictory some buy that the naval and military preparations have become exceedingly active of late while others assert that so late as the i stl ult n'i hostile prepa rations whatever had been made in that coun try on the contrary no doubt-was enter tained of the necessary pacific arrangements having taken place and the people were un der no apprehensions of l)eii.;j obliged to take a part in the war rumours of lord nelson's death which have reached this country are unfounded ileis in the mediterranean blockading the i rent 1 fle i in toulon ; and v ith mie of hit ships r on tantl stationed in the bay of na i i s i he i iland of elba .. i i 10 blo kuded \,\ l'.t:;;!il'd january o the intelligence received hi tbiscountry and the opinions that are founded upon the kubject ( i invasion mr rurioi >-^\ contradii - tory the letters from holland and tlij c c,i i tsol perbons arriving fr m thi i ce nr.i lit induce s to believe thai the invasion ha been wis ended till the spring an american vessel arrived at cowfs left the texel on sunday the istinstanl at which time between fifty and bixty irantporti had gone down to the heldcr which wu fitted ti|i !' r th recc tion of h t < and fool ; l>*t neither a man nor horse wai < ii ! ; iked and there were no provi ion onboard ml idea of uny expedition sailing from holland key 1 : â– iictounti brought b ti | :â– . el till after il i winti : . is j i v i n up . nd a i oni idi i able ;â– .â– ' nl il <â– hieik h trot pnhavt man h d fn m th â€¢ o i i s j i , ' < â– ! 1 > ' el i <â– jr ( 01 fil i ' ri 1 \ a ki-ntk-mon who left amsterdam on fui di | : t \ lei ( r fn m amsti rd n iti l â€¢. it . â€¢ the i â– ' â€¢â– i of the i n 1 â€¢ â– â– . nd tran portt 1*t < â– n â– th nti i â– "'â€¢â– ! 1 i i ii ., pn m t i . : . expediei â– . â– it oi t'*e

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wilmington gazette published wf.kkly ky a ball vs ii clark tuesday match 8.7 isot fuhie ooi.ls fwrjuix toi rm no 3t7 our troops on the coast of sussex and kent are particularly on the alert we men tioned yesterday that sudden orders had been received at hailsham hhts and at lewes in consequence ot which the troops liud marched to the comt in the middle of the night on tuesday orders arrived at bright on forthe ith drag ons to be ready to march by nine o'clock m the morning the troops accordingly marched to silver riil orl even sey v â– have not yet heard it was rumour ed at brighton that the cpnse ofthe sudden march w.is :> r t ai ill connected with any movements made by the enemy our dover correspondent states that the wind yesterday was moderate and perfectly favourable fur the enemy to pul lo m it wh'u !> ii w:;.i expected they would immediately ii they mean to it at all it is obvious thai buonaparte iiil endeavour as much as pos sible to make the attempt a consentaneous one from the dutch and freni h ports from holland and from brest the temporary release of a latter port from a state of block ade has offorded him an opportunity of ben ding the rreat fleet to sea and a report thai il had sailed was current last nig t u have not however been able to trace it to uiy authentic source frost which would necessarily have locked ihem up for an intermediate time ; in which case thai part of the very extensive prepara tions could not have been used " cilhcr to terrify or act against the enemy indeed adds the sjmu article repoi i males that ihe expedition it postponed till the spring but tlicse report in hollund of the expe dition's having been abandoned till the spring may be circulated lor the puspose of mislea ding 4ml throwing us offowr gpuard the enemy may accompany these rumours with demonstrations and movements calculated to rive them greater currency und credit they may order theboatsto move higher up the dutch rivers they n ay direct the : '"" ; '-â– ' "'â– 'â€¢''' '' ' 'â– â– 'â– ' ' : coast ai d persons â– i 1:1 .< ilivw operations mighi conclude ' : ' ' :: "' ; " diat atti mptcould be intended on the other hand cjovernment we under stand are of opinion tl tho expedition is 'â€¢'" "' pencl il liil the spring it was re porteulasi night how tru > we are at present unable to stall . that ekiona arte left paris on tlie - '' :; lt 'â– â€¢- â– it calai on the 3d aivl iai after rumaining there a few hours hi pro ceeded to ostend ai i brur s other let tersloo fn :,. rotterdam instead of favour inr ' l -' i ' â– ' thai the expedition us been suspended mention ii as the gem ral .-.; i â€¢.-- l ' ll " il â– ' â– 'â€¢""â€¢ i'dam on the 31st ult that the invasion would tak place in a few days buonaparte's arrival upon the french coast is an evenl not calculated to strengthen tlie report lliat the expedition has been put januaty \ 1 v received this morning ai i late hour the iyiouiii in w i lie 1st instant the fol lowing is tin intelligence < ontained in them : " 1 ion iparte left paris on the 30th ult at si a m i â– '!"'â– â€¢ ii v this da yjl 12 o'clock 3 peroeivt coi â– i f 3-8 â€” acc uni 56 1 3 !'â– â– ;â– c nt r jiluced 5 5 1-2 .( mnium 42 two hamburgh mails ttrrived this morn k â€” ll !â– "â€¢ rs and pup rs were delivered â– ul ' â– i te hour i lie follovii g is th â– most ma rial ..... iligence broughi by thtnv constant . ; .'., dec 3 '> ; gi â€¢. ter part of the inhal itanta of o htaniinoplc and its suburbs hhve for some day ].. t been in a situation ofthe greatebt a rm and terror the approach of two dis contented pachas at the bead of a gpj ii bi dy of reb is and the dan â– < ous c p u â– '. i - e cajiwd on between the malcontents in the â€¢ '. iital and the insurgents has occasioned reatci nfusion what passed in the seragl io ti not distinctly known for the policy o the porte cautiously avoids making public its llungers am feara ; but il re wi > an ex traordinary activity among tht ministry nnd the measures adopted by iil sdlt;i!i in the council \\\ ich were cry frequent i.n:i very long ha'l the best effect the rebels on the approach of ihe janis saries were obliged to retreal ; and the male contents within the city concealed them si ivei in their houses many persons how (.' 1 1 believe tliat the retreat of tin rebels has only been procured/by money which hns beer paid them und that the will probably soon return be this as it may tranquillity is now in a great measure restored the adautent from quebec for london hoi hen deserted at sea five of the crew sailed in the ge,orge . from new-york am armed at the i&leof mull january 13 a heavy firing was heard at 1ji\iii>ti tuesday wednesday and yesterday ir the direction f boulogne t he boatmi n upi n 1 i ier hills on wednesday stated that they could plainly discern one of on frigates which having stood cuih rntpbnulegdcbay wus becalmed â€” the enemy iii c:!iâ€¢â– â– 'â– boat â– put o sea sik 1 were muil.ld 1 ourcrui hers dispatches have been sent within these few days to admiral thombrough who is < i uising in the ruby ol " i : i â– . < b ll . '' ' â€¢ el i i ey sre tuppi sed to contain inlel ligeirci relative to the movements of the ene my ( n the < oasl ol j lollatid â€¢ â– 1 1 the brii â– heard n wednesd y i l ui â€¢ â– ii in ll < quarti r ol / ulo i e pro ci i h ii 1 tood very < lose in dut-ii ll nighi foi eof i i i < < | * n i ' i . i i m si .' 1 ' ' ' | â– â€¢ â– ' i â– 'â– â– < ( . bid i hich w ' ii : - â– ' aimed in the morning notv i landing a ' onti | hi \ . ire oui â– â€¢.! ; . â– . luin d n othi r dan . x 1 w thet tbrou ph l a t e s t fo reiu n n e w a germany leipsiey dec 20 the necessary magazines for i russian troops that are assembling on the frontiers of poland me now preparing the emperor of russia has made repre rci.t lions to the french government for tho evacuation of the hanoverian states and at tlie same time insisted that the king of sur dinia should at last receive an indemnifies tion for what he has lost at least to the a mount of a third of his former states and | that this indemnity should hi given upon the i continent of italy the gourt of vienna on : the application of that of petersburg ap â– , i to ik.m nupporttc these demands ; buonaparte on the other hand is said o â€¢ have decidedly declared that he could not j c insent to ( ht evacuation of the hanoverian ' states till the restoration ofpÂ»ace and that the indsrnnifications of the king of sardinia even if it were agreed to could noi be carried into effect before pence with england vienna dect i 7 according to some accounts disturbances have broke out at constantinople turkey constantinople nov 14 the captain pacha has received order from the grand seignor to return here and is now Â« ith three ships of the line in tiie dar danelles the remainder of his beet re mains oft the morea under the turkish vice i admiral the town of alexandria in egypt is radu ccd to the greatest straits bv the beys by whom it is besieged according to some ac counts mi pacha the turkish commander has confined himself to the defence of the citadel and has given up the town to the mamelukes s p-ai n r . from tht x escurial dec ". nothing farther is yet known of the con tents of our convi ntion oi neutrality lately concluded with france here as well as throughout the rest of europe the attention of all is directed to the expedition which he french are preparing against eng ind the latter hesitates to declare herself meanwhile the preparatto s in alt our na val departments are pursued with vigor ad miral gravinais now at court at tin 1 i'.-cun il with afawr exceptiow all naval officers have received orders to join their respei tive stations the reports at paris of a change ofthe ministry here are without founda tion f r a x c e paris dec 16 j count markoffleftthiscuprtolon the l-tth inst on his return to peu'r.iburgh during the absence of the kirst consul ] who intends to inspect the present state of the warlike preparations carried on with | increased vigor on the const his brother-in > law general mural is to have the command in chiefoftlie troopi quart red in paris al bourdeaitx all the english ho nre prjsoner of war on t hair parole are bound every sunday to mulce their appearance be fore geiienrf avril to prove their presence in that town in default of which they ore arrested and conducted from brigade to bri !â€¢ ide to verdun the expedition against england it is said will be carried into effect in the month of january fhe first consul is still here but part ofhis etjuipajje has already been sent to | the coast within these few days a courier has been dispatched for petersburg with the answer j : i ministerial note of great importance to j ell appearance the evacuation of the north of germany and naples.il not yet to take place general rey has left switzerland tor the camp ofcompaigne citizen rotitrhierca j has been provisionally french charge d'af faires beveral nunneries are about to he emal lish . 1 in paris in a isste bitting ofthe ('< nn ij dt state the first consul professed sentiments very favourable to the liberty of the press newspapers and pamphlets are alone to re main subjected to the necessary censure e n (. l \ n 1 i oud n januat y s the rignal flying at deal on l uesday eve ning wan in consequence of 30 ofthe ene n i s gun boats having come out of call â– < ur r.i uizers immediately sailed and a he - â– iringwa heard yesterday morning till ten p m it then ceased soon afterwards a i nu>re distant fvring was heard no p n lars hove yet been received but wi suppost that the firing proci eded fi m in ai â€¢ ' d i v our criiizers upon their gun i out i n tl i^s.r â€¢ from c'alai 1 1 i boi !.â– â– â€¢-. i 1 tain ti it v rj i oni â– 'â€¢ nt exp nations ap i rla!ned along i ni win le line ci t of an immediate attempt being made by the enemy that ha jn i set in : "â– ' we hould think impi i ..... opera ' lion in t!,e dutch riv r price rj â– ',..: is this day at 2 o'clock cons 94 3-4 ex.div red ann 55 3 b omnium 4 3-4 dutch journals to the tltii have reached town which contain paris news to the 6th instant the chief consult it seems rea b boulogne on the 3 1st in the afternoon so hat he must have travelled post from paris ( n the following day he inspected liis naval preparations and on the 2 right to suppose that i lonaparte will regard ; and it is only probably by the total defeat of his scheme that he will be convinced of its col ly and absurdity his present visit to the const we should s\ippnse must be decisive of ihe execution of his plan it it 13 1101 speedily -.â– ; 1 id we s!i ii ! gi 1 | i think that he va \ sis in his j|n ion respi cling it a dutch admiral vehuel has hoisted ' ' * 1 ' r â– '' 'â– ' shin â€¢;. he is destined t com in nd we suppose met division ofthe ar mam nt admiral letouchc trevjllc is said to in gone on a secret mission iii saturday it wab a dead culm ti â– uvard-bound i indiu convoy tvere spoken last 1 liursday oil lll i l â– jlie an article under the head of dia^r de cember 20 gives th followii description of a trench | m-boai sunk in their pier i 'â€¢ is lugger r â– ;â– i 68 t long la feet i in ches wide i'.ml ! feet 8 inches t! 32 pounder another it is presumed in the bow a long 18 poun der she had â– iso a quantity of french mus ket a human skull wns found on hoard which it ii said they all havi , intended to be hoisted on a pike as a standard oi death or victory frequenl conferences su stated to ikivc taken pi u i : iri â€¢ between the french mi ni im of foreign affairs and the austrian and prussian ambassadors relative fo a difl'er ence between ut>tria and bavaria an austrian army pf60,00d men is mentioned to have marched towards the ttavarian fron tiers the prevailing opinion on the conti nent was.thcii ifthemisuni erstandingbhoi id lead loan actual rupture between austria and bavaria the former will be aided by rus sia and the latter by france pro ably also by prussia it was further understood that the obvious inclination of bis i us ian majesty to adopt this line of conduct had pi o m eel ome serious remonstrances on the part ol the cni peror alexander i he accounts relative to spain continue to be contradictory some buy that the naval and military preparations have become exceedingly active of late while others assert that so late as the i stl ult n'i hostile prepa rations whatever had been made in that coun try on the contrary no doubt-was enter tained of the necessary pacific arrangements having taken place and the people were un der no apprehensions of l)eii.;j obliged to take a part in the war rumours of lord nelson's death which have reached this country are unfounded ileis in the mediterranean blockading the i rent 1 fle i in toulon ; and v ith mie of hit ships r on tantl stationed in the bay of na i i s i he i iland of elba .. i i 10 blo kuded \,\ l'.t:;;!il'd january o the intelligence received hi tbiscountry and the opinions that are founded upon the kubject ( i invasion mr rurioi >-^\ contradii - tory the letters from holland and tlij c c,i i tsol perbons arriving fr m thi i ce nr.i lit induce s to believe thai the invasion ha been wis ended till the spring an american vessel arrived at cowfs left the texel on sunday the istinstanl at which time between fifty and bixty irantporti had gone down to the heldcr which wu fitted ti|i !' r th recc tion of h t < and fool ; l>*t neither a man nor horse wai < ii ! ; iked and there were no provi ion onboard ml idea of uny expedition sailing from holland key 1 : â– iictounti brought b ti | :â– . el till after il i winti : . is j i v i n up . nd a i oni idi i able ;â– .â– ' nl il ' el i